Love Story

When Auckland filmmaker Florian Habicht took up the Arts Foundation's Harriet Friedlander Residency in New York in late 2009, he was under no obligation to do a jot of work, let alone return with the opening night movie for Auckland's 2011 Film Festival. It's hard to imagine a more shining validation of Friedlander's faith in the regenerative powers of New York City. It's a Love Story indeed, embracing documentary, fiction, summer, sex, romance, New York and a host of camera-ready New Yorkers in one gregarious, greedy, joyous hug.